Germaine Greer Movement: · Women’s Liberation
o Meaning that women needed to rise above powers granted to them by the men and achieve their own greatness
Purpose: · Early life and upbringing
o She had a very normal childhood and was always very bright
o She got a scholarship and studied at the University of Melbourne
o Became a teacher and started to write · Ideology
o No real moment when she become extremely feminist
o Wrote the book The Female Eunuch § Germaine led the move to questioning women’s role and power in society § She explored the permanent differences between male and female and how that effected the way society works § Stated that in a nuclear family the female is like an eunuch because all their power was drained away and it was not a good way to raise a child § Young girls are taught to be submissive females from childhood which tries to make them feel inferior to men § As girls grow they embrace the stereotype from adult men and makes them feel shameful of themselves § This all adds up to pure unhappiness in adult women § Women do not realize how much men ‘hate’ them and how much they are taught to ‘hate’ themselves
Occupation: · Writer, Teacher, Journalist, and Scholar of English Literature
o Studied at University of Melbourne and Sydney
o Got Ph.D at Cambridge · Was born into a middle class family and got scholarship for school
Arguments:
Germaine Greer was against the normal American housewife image. She believed that in society the men were forcing women to look down upon themselves and then feel ashamed of how they look. Men strive to over power women and not allow the woman to hold the power. When girls are raised as kids and taught that men are superior then they will turn into unproductive and unhappy women.
Friends: · Betty Friedan · Gloria Steinem
Foes: · Anthony Astrakhan
Works cited:
"Germaine Greer: Biography from Answers.com." Answers.com: Wiki Q&A combined with free online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedias. Web. 23 Dec. 2009. <http://www.answers.com/topic/germaine-greer>.
Movement:
· Women’s Liberation
o Meaning that women needed to rise above powers granted to them by the men and achieve their own greatness
Purpose:
· Early life and upbringing
o She had a very normal childhood and was always very bright
o She got a scholarship and studied at the University of Melbourne
o Became a teacher and started to write
· Ideology
o No real moment when she become extremely feminist
o Wrote the book The Female Eunuch
§ Germaine led the move to questioning women’s role and power in society
§ She explored the permanent differences between male and female and how that effected the way society works
§ Stated that in a nuclear family the female is like an eunuch because all their power was drained away and it was not a good way to raise a child
§ Young girls are taught to be submissive females from childhood which tries to make them feel inferior to men
§ As girls grow they embrace the stereotype from adult men and makes them feel shameful of themselves
§ This all adds up to pure unhappiness in adult women
§ Women do not realize how much men ‘hate’ them and how much they are taught to ‘hate’ themselves
Occupation:
· Writer, Teacher, Journalist, and Scholar of English Literature
o Studied at University of Melbourne and Sydney
o Got Ph.D at Cambridge
· Was born into a middle class family and got scholarship for school
Arguments:
Germaine Greer was against the normal American housewife image. She believed that in society the men were forcing women to look down upon themselves and then feel ashamed of how they look. Men strive to over power women and not allow the woman to hold the power. When girls are raised as kids and taught that men are superior then they will turn into unproductive and unhappy women.
Friends:
· Betty Friedan
· Gloria Steinem
Foes:
· Anthony Astrakhan
Works cited:
"Germaine Greer: Biography from Answers.com." Answers.com: Wiki Q&A combined with free online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedias. Web. 23 Dec. 2009. <http://www.answers.com/topic/germaine-greer>.
"Germaine Greer: women's liberation, People and power, Power, people and politics in the post-war period, History Year 9, NSW | Online Education Home Schooling Australia." Skwirk - Greer. Skwirk. Web. 23 Dec. 2009. <http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-14_u-117_t-319_c-1080/germaine-greer-women-s-liberation/nsw/germaine-greer-women-s-liberation/power-people-and-politics-in-the-post-war-period/people-and-power>.
Greer, Germaine. "The Female Eunuch. Summary by Germaine Greer." Marxists Internet Archive. Web. 23 Dec. 2009. <http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/greer-germaine/female-eunuch.htm>.